6.0 HP X9000 File Serving Software File System User Guide (TA768-96043, October 2011)

8 Using FTP
The FTP feature allows you to create FTP file shares for data stored on the cluster. Clients access
the FTP shares using standard FTP and FTPS protocol services.
IMPORTANT: Before configuring FTP, select an authentication method (either Local Users or Active
Directory). See “Configuring authentication for CIFS, FTP, and HTTP” (page 51) for more information.
To configure FTP, first create one or more configuration profiles. A profile defines global FTP
parameters and specifies the file serving nodes on which the parameters are applied.
You can then create FTP shares. A share defines parameters such as access permissions and lists
the file system to be accessed through the share. Each share is associated with a configuration
profile. The share parameters are added to the profile's global parameters on the file serving nodes
specified in the configuration profile.
You can administer FTP from the management console GUI or the command line. On the GUI,
select FTP from the Navigator to display the current FTP configuration. The FTP Config Profiles panel
lists the profiles that have been created. The Shares panel in the lower part of the panel shows the
FTP shares associated with the selected profile.
On the command line, FTP is managed by the ibrix_ftpconfig and ibrix_ftpshare
commands. For more information, see the HP X9000 File Serving Software CLI Reference Guide.
Best practices for configuring FTP
When configuring FTP, follow these best practices:
• Create a configuration profile and then create the shares that will use that profile.
• If an SSL certificate will be required for FTPS access, add the SSL certificate to the cluster
before creating the shares. See “Managing SSL certificates” (page 96) for information about
creating certificates in the format required by X9000 Software and then adding them to the
cluster.
• When configuring a share on a file system, the file system must be mounted.
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